Pulling their kids out of school. they say the kids are being exposed to violence in the halls and educators not doing anything told the police accountable. joining me olivia who pulled her son out of manhattan middle school. and mother of two new york city school safety coalition and new york city michael duncan the founder of students improvement association. thanks to all three of you. olivia, what did your son have to deal with in school? good morning, well, last september it started with name-calling. there was, you know, racist and misogynist slurs and then it escalated and he was punched one day. another day stomped on one of his feet. another day, twice, he was hit with a door of a locker from his colleagues right there because he was horsing around. but he didn t understand he was injuring my son and the third time he slammed the door so hard
Three New York City parents joined 'Fox & Friends First' to express outrage after repeated acts of violence between students, which school administrators and city officials allegedly failed to rectify.
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A community of African-American parents from Queens are sounding the alarm about why kids in their public school system seem not to be achieving academically despite a high rate of per-student spending by the Department of Education.
And they’re threatening to get answers in court if they must.
The newly formed Students Improvement Association which has ripped the low school performance in southeast Queens despite high DOE spending pledged to dig in against the agency.
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Leaders Michael Duncan and Raymond Dugue have highlighted that the DOE spends upwards of $28,000 per student at many schools in poorly performing District 29.